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Anonymous Wed 21 Dec 2022 21:16:47 No.1877053 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1877059 >>1877061 >>1877192 >>1877343 >>1878214

Should bike messengers and posers use flat bar or dropbar?

Pictured: Elops 500 Speed Porteur

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Dec 2022 21:51:56 No.1877059 Report

Quoted By: >>1877070

>>1877053
flat
drops are for aeroposers
flats are for real cyclists
especially someone like a messenger would do better with flats, or maybe even a riser for comfort

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Dec 2022 21:56:00 No.1877061 Report

Quoted By: >>1877070 >>1877073

>>1877053
flats, sometimes you have to carry things wider than the space between your hoods

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Anonymous Wed 21 Dec 2022 22:10:33 No.1877070 Report

Quoted By: >>1877191 >>1877195

>>1877061
>>1877059
Have i been lied to?

Picrel

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Anonymous Wed 21 Dec 2022 22:46:03 No.1877073 Report

Quoted By: >>1877191

>>1877061
this, drops limit the width of my delivery a lot but I prefer the small stuff anyways, not like you can carry that much wider anyways

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 09:59:33 No.1877191 Report

Quoted By: >>1877232

>>1877073
Drops have streetcred tho. Mucho trackbike.

>>1877070
Bullhorns (aka pursuit) are shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:06:33 No.1877192 Report

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>>1877053
Dont know about messengers but drops are much more versatile.
Get some dummy hoods and its a super versatile bike.
I always get sore hands and joints riding my mtb for more than an hour.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 10:57:56 No.1877195 Report

Quoted By: >>1877201 >>1877232

>>1877070
I delivered with chop'n'flops for a long time
if you carry your stuff on a backpack then of course bullhorns or drops are superior (or if you don't carry oversized stuff like boringbro, or if you only use a rear rack)
if you carry boxes on racks then it gets tricker

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:27:51 No.1877201 Report

Quoted By: >>1877207 >>1877210 >>1877232 >>1877455

>>1877195
Why tf do you guys even deliver stuff on bikes? Are you that poor?
A cheap 1000 buck corolla is more efficient on hauling cargo.
I use my bike only for fun as it should be.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:49:07 No.1877207 Report

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>>1877201
cool, you do you

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 11:57:58 No.1877210 Report

Quoted By: >>1877216

>>1877201
t. has never delivered anything, ever

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 13:39:13 No.1877216 Report

Quoted By: >>1877229

>>1877210
Of course not, i have a real job

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 15:32:33 No.1877229 Report

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>>1877216
Delivering pizza with Deliveroo is a real job too.

t deliveroo italiano

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Dec 2022 15:50:03 No.1877232 Report

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>>1877191
>Drops have streetcred tho.
he's got a point
>>1877195
eyy thanks for shoutout, keep it real coffeebro
>>1877201
operating cost of a bike is low, it's great exercise, the bike is faster around downtown, and it's a fun job, feels like a video game.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 06:38:49 No.1877343 Report

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>>1877053
Got some of these on my daily commuter. They're good but when you get up to 16 pounds or more (2 gallons of anything) the steering gets a bit awkward. Cargo net not included. Pic is someone elses ride.

Top tube is 31.8mm and lower tube is 25.4mm for all your clampy boy needs. Kinda sucks cause you cant rock all of the 22.2mm BMX stem goodness out there. Oh well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 09:36:16 No.1877354 Report

Quoted By: >>1877357

Couriers should be on flats.

Flat bars are cheaper.
Flat bar brake levers are more durable.
Flat bar brake levers are less prone to damage.
Flat bar brake levers are easier to apply more force
Flat bar shifters are less prone to damage for real couriers that user gear
Flat bar controls and bars are cheaper in general
Bar ends provide extra protection for controls and some of the extra hand positions
Flat bar grips are superior to tape for any given hand position
Flat bars allow for more room on front racks
Flat bar bikes are cheaper and less demanding in terms of fit

Drop bars are cool and valid, but they shouldn't be the norm for carriers. Drop bars are for eccentric lifestyle couriers, which is why they seem to have street cred.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 10:14:33 No.1877357 Report

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>>1877354
Couriers should rock some BMX handlebars with a mik crate attached to them so you can cart around your alien friend on the group ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Dec 2022 22:37:42 No.1877455 Report

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>>1877201
In the city bikes have an advantage over cars for stuff like this. You can skip traffic and any mechanical issues are usually solvable in under a minute unless something really fucked off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 07:15:43 No.1877533 Report

Quoted By: >>1877632

What even is a dropbar

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Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 20:42:42 No.1877632 Report

Quoted By: >>1877646 >>1877693

>>1877533
It's the part that 90% of road bike guys say they use and never actually use.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Dec 2022 22:15:34 No.1877646 Report

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>>1877632
I use them for mounting my brake hoods, which I use 90% of the time.
I'm in the drops *sometimes*.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2022 00:35:02 No.1877693 Report

Quoted By: >>1877817

>>1877632
truth, I spent 90% of my time in the hoods, 9% in the tops, 1% in the drops. That 1% however is when I'm going full ham and glad I have drops.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Dec 2022 20:39:17 No.1877817 Report

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>>1877693
That's still more use than the typical rider gives them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Dec 2022 04:47:18 No.1878214 Report

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>>1877053
I get the benefits of a drop bar but i never felt comfortable with them. don't even get me started on those aerobar things, jesus christ that's a horror show waiting to happen.

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